Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, said that some ophthalmologists downplay the effects of more serious floaters, which he called vitreous opacifications.In this second of a two-part series on vitreous floaters, ...

Photograph of a full-thickness horseshoe retinal tear. Note the small amount of adjacent vitreous hemorrhage. Diagram depicting a single horseshoe retinal tear with a localized superotemporal ...

A vitreous hemorrhage can be associated with a torn or detached retina or caused by the abnormal growth of blood vessels or injury or trauma to the eye. Floaters occur most often in people over ...